History of Fermentation

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  • Schwann

    Concluded that fermentation is the result of living things.

  • Louis Pasteur

    Determined that fermentation is caused by yeast

  • 220 B.C. Chinese

    Fermented soybean curd to treat skin infections and started using fermented tea to treat variety of illnesses.

  • 8000B.C. Use of Fermentation

    Used fermentation to make bread rise and produce alcoholic beverages.

  • Eduard Buchner

    Received Nobel prize for showing that enzymes in yeast cells cause fermentation

  • Arthur Harden and Hans Euler-Chelpin

    Won Nobel prize for determining exactly how enzymes cause fermentation.

  • Technology

    Technology developed to use fermentation to produce antiboitics.